Robbie Williams denies Jake Bugg his second No. 1 album

ROBBIE Williams denied Jake Bugg his second No. 1 album when his latest release, Swings Both Ways, beat Shangri La to the top of the Official UK Albums Chart.

It is the 1000th No.1 album in the history of the chart. The first was Songs For Swingin' Lovers by Frank Sinatra in July 1956, one of the artists who inspired Williams' second album of swing music.

Bugg's follow-up to last year's self-titled chart-topper did outsell Lady Gaga's Artpop and the JLS greatest hits compilation, Goodbye, to land at No. 3 in the chart, which was announced on Radio 1 tonight.

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The 19-year-old had said that he didn't believe his album was likely to win the race against the Take That star, whose career with the boy band began around the time he was born.

But he was hopeful that it would mirror the success of his debut, which hung around the Top 10 for months and has so far sold over one million copies worldwide. Around 600,000 copies have been sold in the UK. In the US, where Bugg has appeared on national TV, the album reached the Top 100.

Shangri La was recorded in Malibu, California with producer Rick Rubin. It is named after Rubin's studio where Bugg finished the album with two sessions earlier this year. Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers plays drums on the album.

The Clifton teenager is currently on tour in Europe.

He'll play the Capital FM Arena on February 20, the first Notts artist to headline a show there.

Williams' has now scored 11 No. 1 albums in the UK as a solo artist and with Take That, equalling that of Elvis Presley. Madonna has scored 12 while the chart is headed by The Beatles with 15.

He told OfficialCharts.com "I am over the moon that Swings Both Ways is Number 1! And such an honour to be the 1000th album in that spot too, following Frank Sinatra who was the first person in that spot and my hero. Thanks to everyone who bought the record, see you all on the tour next year!”